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Event war Africa

Italo-Turkish War

1911 CE – 1912 CE

Italy invaded Ottoman Libya in a war notable for the first military use of aircraft (for reconnaissance and bombing).

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1911–1912 war in Libya and the Aegean Sea

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Conflict · Africa

Italo-Turkish War

1911 CE – 1912 CE

Italy invaded Ottoman Libya in a war notable for the first military use of aircraft (for reconnaissance and bombing). Italy's seizure of Libya and the Dodecanese islands revealed Ottoman military weakness and encouraged the Balkan states to launch the Balkan Wars.

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  • Italo-Turkish WarFile:Turkish prisoners Rhodes 1912.jpg : L'Illustrazione italiana, 16 June 1912. File:Ata… · Public domain